Jason Cheung
Digital Piracy – Canadian Copyright Law: Fair Use and Fair Dealing in Canadian Law (Part 2)
By Jason Cheung on May 31, 2018 | Tagged with Canada, Content, content ownership, Copyright Act, copyright law, Creative Commons, fair dealing, fair use, legality, open access, Work Ownership
In the last part of our series, we looked at what Piracy was, and saw that it was dependent on the legal copyright protection of works within a country. Now let’s take a look at what Canadian law says about copyright and copyright protection. The Copyright Act of Canada, signed in 1921, establishes the […]
Digital Piracy – What is the Definition of Piracy? (Part 1)
By Jason Cheung on May 24, 2018 | Tagged with authoritarianism, content ownership, copyright ethics, copyright infringement, information as a public good, legitimacy of information ownership, liberalism, libertarianism, media piracy, piracy
Piracy vs Copyright Infringement When we talk about piracy, there are two definitions that are commonly used. Piracy, in the traditional sense, refers to maritime piracy, or the plundering and theft of goods from ships and other vessels. While traditional piracy is still common today, contemporary conceptions of piracy are a little bit different. According […]
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